SaLisa Berrien is used to seeing people’s shock when they begin asking about the investment history of her company, COI Energy Services.
The Tampa-based company, which works both with utility companies and businesses to help conserve energy and give to underserved communities, started in 2016 and was incorporated in 2018. Up until a few weeks ago, it was entirely bootstrapped by Berrien herself.
“We had major contracts to deliver on and didn’t have the financial resources to deliver for us,”…